Reference
Z1467/1/3
Title
An unwritten valentines day card produced by Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd.
Date free text
c.1945
Production date
From: 1940 To: 1953
Scope and Content
The card, bound by a blue ribbon, has an image of a young blonde woman and a bouquet of flowers on the front. The words 'My Valentine' and the message 'May the days that are past prove not a patch on the days to come' are printed on the front.
Inside:
Left page - A drawing of cupid
Right page - An inscription:
'My Heart Greets You Darling Mine!
Sunny face, smiling eyes,
Full of grace, quaintly wise,
Laughing lips full of fun
Pear of pearls, gem of girls
Dearest one!
Loving heart, guileless mind,
All its heart to be kind;
True as steel, rain or shine,
Pearl of pearls, gem of girls,
My Valentine! '
Back cover - Logo: Raphael Tuck& Sons Ltd, Publishers to the King and Queen
Level of description
item